Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Riverwood Estates (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Riverwood Estates. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Riverwood Estates ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Riverwood Estates: Riverwood Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Riverwood Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Riverwood Estates.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Riverwood Estates is located in Will County.
To see how the shape of Illinois' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Will County: Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall & Lake (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Riverwood Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riverwood Estates:
- Will County (The home county of Riverwood Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverwood Estates, with the one closest to Riverwood Estates listed first.
- Wilmington
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wilmington is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,597 people
- Lakewood Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lakewood Shores is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Shores
- Custer Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Custer Park is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer Park
- Braidwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Symerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Symerton is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Blodgett
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blodgett is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Godley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Godley is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
- Elwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wilton Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wallingford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wallingford is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Manhattan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Preston Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Preston Heights is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Heights
- Rockdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rockdale is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,884 people
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverwood Estates, with the one closest to Riverwood Estates listed first.
- Matteson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Orland Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tinley Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lemont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Richton Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Orland Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Country Club Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Olympia Fields
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Park Forest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flossmoor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Palos Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Chicago Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Chicago Heights is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chicago Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,957 people
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverwood Estates, with the one closest to Riverwood Estates listed first.
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Woodridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverwood Estates, with the one closest to Riverwood Estates listed first.
- Cabery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kempton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverwood Estates, with the one closest to Riverwood Estates listed first.
- Diamond
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Coal City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Braceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Central City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Central City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Carbon Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Carbon Hill is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Channahon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clarke City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clarke City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarke City
- East Brooklyn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Brooklyn is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Minooka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Ridge is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Gardner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Wilmington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Wilmington is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- Iroquois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverwood Estates, with the one closest to Riverwood Estates listed first.
- Chebanse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kankakee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverwood Estates, with the one closest to Riverwood Estates listed first.
- Essex
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bonfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Goodrich
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Goodrich is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Reddick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bourbonnais
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Manteno
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Buckingham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Herscher
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bradley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Irwin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Irwin is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Kankakee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverwood Estates, with the one closest to Riverwood Estates listed first.
- Plattville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Plattville is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Lisbon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Newark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oswego
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Boulder Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Bristol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yorkville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- La Salle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverwood Estates, with the one closest to Riverwood Estates listed first.
- Seneca
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Seneca is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,217 people
- Seneca has also been known as:
- Crotty
- Seneca village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <1>
- Stavanger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stavanger is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stavanger
- Marseilles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ransom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Millington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverwood Estates, with the one closest to Riverwood Estates listed first.
- Cardiff
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cardiff is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Campus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dwight
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sunbury is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Emington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Adams ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Adams is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Griswold
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Griswold is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Budd
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Budd is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budd
- Odell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cullom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riverwood Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Riverwood Estates.
Cemeteries Near Riverwood Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riverwood Estates.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Riverwood Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riverwood Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riverwood Estates, with the one closest to Riverwood Estates listed first.
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olivet Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Wilmington.
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Rose of Lima Parish Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107049 <2>
- Oakwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Wilmington.
- The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakwood Protestant Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107289 <2>
- Bohemian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bohemian National Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Braidwood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107252 <2>
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olivet Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Braidwood.
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rose Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107052 <2>
- Custer Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Custer Twp. Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Custer Park.
- The Custer Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Custer Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #322758 <2>
- Chicago Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Starrs Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starrs Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Starrs Grove Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Symerton.
- The Starrs Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Star Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2317942 <2>
- Wesley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wesley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the east of Braidwood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108794 <2>
- Continue List (276 more) ...
- Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cotton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McCune Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCune Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McCune Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Elwood.
- The McCune Cemetery has also been known as:
- Asparagus Road Cemetery
- Jackson Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2437050 <2>
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Riverwood Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riverwood Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riverwood Estates, with the one closest to Riverwood Estates listed first.
- Wilmington
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wilmington is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,597 people
- Braidwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Custer Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Custer Park is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer Park
- Ritchie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ritchie is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritchie
- Lorenzo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lorenzo is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenzo
- Diamond
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Blodgett
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blodgett is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Symerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Symerton is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Coal City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Braceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Drummond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Drummond is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
- Essex
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mazonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mazonia is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazonia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riverwood Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riverwood Estates.
Newspapers Published in Riverwood Estates ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riverwood Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riverwood Estates, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Riverwood Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Riverwood Estates:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Will County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cook County
- DuPage County
- Ford County
- Grundy County
- Iroquois County
- Kankakee County
- Kendall County
- La Salle County
- Livingston County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Riverwood Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Riverwood Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |